Noke
| Noke | |
| Oxfordshire | |
|---|---|
 St Giles' parish church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SP5514 |
| Location: | 51°48’50"N, 1°12’47"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 132 (2001[1]) |
| Post town: | Oxford |
| Postcode: | OX3 |
| Dialling code: | 01865 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cherwell |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Banbury |
Noke is a small village and parish in Oxfordshire about five miles north-east of Oxford. It is on the south-east edge of Otmoor and is one of the "Seven Towns of Otmoor".
The toponym is derived from Old English and means "at the oak trees".[2] The parish still has two woodlands: Prattle Wood about 500 yds south-west of the village, and Noke Wood about a mile to the south-east.
Noke had a parish church by 1191 but the present Church of England parish church of Saint Giles dates from the first half of the 13th century. At the end of the 16th century a mortuary chapel was added for the Winchcombe family on the north side of the church, but in 1745 the chapel was in a ruinous condition and was demolished.[2][3]
Noke Parochial School was built in 1863. It was reorganised as a junior school in 1931 and closed in 1946.[2] Noke also used to have a public house, but this too has closed. Both the school and the pub are now private houses.
References
- ↑ "Area: Noke CP (Parish): Parish Headcounts". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=7&b=798589&c=Noke&d=16&e=15&g=480235&i=1001x1003x1004&o=1&m=0&r=1&s=1268052975133&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lobel 1959, pp. 268–276.
- ↑ The Parish Church of St Giles, Noke, Oxfordshire
Sources
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Noke) |
- Lobel, Mary D, ed (1959). A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 6. Victoria County History. pp. 268–272.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 717–718. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.
